Book Empire Vol. 37

We understand how busy you are and how difficult it is to keep up with all the book news that’s being thrown at you every day. To make your life a little easier, we’ll compound the most important bits into 1 blog post every week, exactly telling you what you need to know. Please don’t worry your pretty little head about the possibility of propaganda or censorship. We’ll do that for you.

Miranda July now has an app! It will make texting more personal by sending them via someone you don’t know. The Somebody App works a bit like a singing telegram, because you’ll be sending out a stranger to relay your message. Not the greatest idea for someone who doesn’t like strangers, but cute nonetheless!

Summer is almost over, so let’s take a look at some new books coming out this fall. Flavorwire made a list and so did Vulture. Lots to read!

It’s not only female authors who are getting objectified. The hunky author of the YA Red Rising series, Pierce Brown, got an article dedicated to him at Buzzfeed. All that was written was about how amazingly attractive he is and writers Peter Damien and Emily Temple were not very pleased.

An excerpt from Lena Dunham’s newest book is now online at The New Yorker. Her book Not That Kind of Girl will be published soon and we’ve heard rumors that she’ll be coming to the Netherlands as well!

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